Department of Chemistry

Wright Group

Group Members

Current Group Members

 

Principle Investigator

Prof. Dominic Wright

 

 

Post Doctoral Research Associates

Dr. Robert Less

Rob studied for his MSci University of Cambridge, where he also studied for his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Jeremy Rawson. He has worked as a post doctoral research assistant in the University of Bath and Imperial College London, and has been working with Prof. Wright since 2002.

 

Dr. Sophia Solomon

Sophia studied for her MChem in Chemistry at the University of Durham. She then studied for a PhD at the University of Manchester, under Dr. Richard Layfield. She undertook a post doctoral position at the University of Manchester under Dr. Michael Ingleson and has been working with Prof. Wright since 2012

 

 

PhD Students

 

Sarah Dane

Sarah acquired an MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She started her PhD in 2010 with Prof. Wright and is currently in her 3rd year. She is a member of Jesus College Cambridge.

 

Thomas Wilson

Tom acquired an MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He started his PhD in 2010 with Prof. Wright and Dr. Paul Wood and is currently in his 3rd year. He is a member of Magdalene College Cambridge.

 

Timothy King

Tim studied for an MSci in Chemistry at the University of Bristol. He started his PhD in 2011 with Prof. Wright and Dr. Oren Scherman and is currently in his 2nd year. He is a member of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.

 

Hayley Simmonds

Hayley aquired an MSci in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She worked for an MPhil under Prof. Wright in 2011 and  started a PhD in 2012 with Prof. Wright and is currently in her 1st year. She is a member of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.

 

Lucy Allen

Lucy studied for an MSci in Chemistry at the University of Bristol. She started her PhD in 2012 with Prof. Wright and is currently in her 1st year. She is a member of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.

 

 

Callum Benson

Callum studied for an MChem in Chemistry at the University of St Andrews. He started his PhD in 2012 with Prof. Wright and is currently in his 1st year. He is a member of Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.

 

 

Peter Matthews

Pete completed an MSci in Natural Science at the University of Cambridge. He started his PhD in 2012 jointly with Prof. Dominic Wright and Prof. Ali Alavi and is currently in his 1st year. He is a member of Corpus Christi College.

 

Raquel Sevilla

Raquel completed a Masters in Chemistry at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. She started her PhD in 2013 and is currently in her 1st year. She is a member of Gonville and Caius College.

 

Bihan Guan

Bihan completed her MSci in Natural Sciences at Cambridge, finishing with her final year in the Wright group. After a 6 month break, she started a PhD in 2013 and is currently in her 1st year. She is a member of Murray Edwards College.

 

Lily Dixon

 

Lily completed her Honours Degree in Chemistry at the Australian National University, finishing with her final year in the group of Professor Anthony Hill. She started a PhD in 2013 and is currently in her 1st year. She is a member of Gonville and Caius College.

 

Visiting Students

Yaokang Lv

Yaokang is a PhD student from Prof. Li-hua Gan's group in Tongji University in China. He is currently undertaking a research sabatical in the Wright Group.

 

 

Erasmus Students

 

Part III Students 

 

Summer Project Students